Erin E. Chapman

First Trust Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund is a diversified and closed-end management investment company, which focuses on investments in a diversified portfolio of equity and fixed-income securities of issuers in emerging market countries. The company was founded on May 21, 2006 and is headquartered in Wheaton, IL.

First Trust Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund is a closed-end management investment fund. Its investment objective is to pursue a high level of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Wheaton, IL.

First Trust Dividend & Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek a high level of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on June 14, 2007 and is headquartered in Wheaton, IL.

First Trust Mortgage Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The firm's primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. Its secondary objective will seek to preserve capital. The company was founded on February 22, 2005 and is headquartered in Wheaton, IL.

First Trust Specialty Finance & Financial Opportunities Fund is a closed-end management investment company. It engages in the business of investing, under normal market conditions, at least eighty percent of its managed assets in a portfolio of securities of specialty finance and other financial companies that Confluence Investment Management LLC believes offer attractive opportunities for income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on March 20, 2007 and is headquartered in Wheaton, IL.

First Trust Strategic High Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. The fund seeks capital growth as a secondary objective. The fund will seek to achieve its investment objectives by investing in a diversified portfolio of below-investment grade and investment grade debt securities, and equity securities that the investment sub-advisor believes offer attractive yield and capital appreciation potential. The company was founded on July 26, 2005 and is headquartered in Wheaton, IL

First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. The company invests in a diversified portfolio of below-investment grade and investment grade debt securities, and equity securities that the investment capital appreciation potential. First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II was founded on March 28, 2006 and is headquartered in Wheaton, IL.

Doyle & Bolotin Ltd. is a private company based in Chicago, IL.

First Trust Energy Income & Growth Fund is closed-end management investment company. It engages in seeking after-tax total return with an emphasis on current distributions paid to shareholders. The firm is also involved in the providing its shareholders with a vehicle to invest in a portfolio of cash-generating securities of energy companies. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilton. CT.